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F. A. NEIDER.

GARRIAGE CURTAIN WINDOW."

Patented July 31, 1883. F'i l INVENTOR: 2W

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which bears clinching-points, which points,

a when the parts are in upon the other frame.

i former patent of mine; but the clips or points, being necessarily long, are apt to work through that where a point is simply clinched down by clinch the points under the covering. This PATENT ()FFICEQ rnnn A. NEIDER, or AUGUSTA, nfiTnoKY.

CARRIAGEJCURTAIN WINDOW.

srEcrrIcArroN forming part o f Letters Patent No. 282,355, dated July 31, 1883.

'Appli catiim filed April 6, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be'it known that I, FRED A. NEIDER, a citil zen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Bracken and State of Kentucky, have invented certain Improvements in Carriage-Curtain Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of curtainwindowsfor carriages in which there is an inner and outer metal or other frame, one of place, are clinched down My invention consists of an improved c011- struction and adaptation of the clinching points or clips, whereby they are caused to lock the inner and outer parts or frames together and cause them to, clamp the material of the curtain. i

In order to give the frame a better appearance on the inside of the curtain, the inner frame has been covered with the same mate rial as the curtain-lining; butit is difficult to has, however, been done, as illustrated jilra the fabric in clinching them down. I alsofind bending. over fiatwise in the usual way'the shrinking of the curtain .tends to straighten out the points and loosen the frame. It is to obviate these defects that I have conceived my present invention, which I will now describe with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-:

Figure 1 is an inside View of a part of a curtain-frame embodying my invention, a considerable portion of .thecovering of the inner frame being removed toshow the securing points or clips. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on line 22 in Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a de tached fragmentary perspective view of a part of the outer frame. Figs 4, 5, and 6 illustrate a modification, which will be referred to The window, as a whole, comprises the outer frame, A, which is, by preference, stamped from sheet metalin a convex form, as shown in Fig. 2, the inner frame, B, also stamped from sheet metal, by preference, with a raised rim or bead on its inner margin to strengthen headed, as best shown in Fig. 3, and when the window is to be set in the curtain these .clips are first passed through the curtain and then through slots cl din the frame B. The parts are now gentlypressed together, so as to cause the frames to -snugly clamp the curtain,-and' the heads of the clips are then twisted around by the fingers or a tool until they standendwise of the slots d, as shown in Fig. 1. This will hold the frames clamped firmly in position, as shown, and as desired.

To conceal the fastenings from view the inside frame, B, is first covered with a cloth tbric, a, preferably of the same material as he curtain lining. The clips on frame A are passed through the curtain and then through slots dd in the'frame B. The heads of the clips are not, however, permitted to penetrate through the exterior face of the covering a, but only to pass through the slots in the frame itself. The frames are now pressed together,

so as to cause them to clamp the curtain, and

the heads of the clips are then twisted around by a tool until they stand crosswise of the slots d d, and the heads then bent down sidewise on the frame B to makea smooth surface for the" cloth covering a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be seen that by twisting the heads crosswise of the slots dd the two frames are securely locked-together, and the shrinking of the curtain cannot affect the fastening in the least. It is not essential to bender ,clinch down the heads under the cloth covering, as

the fastening is as secure by simply twisting Th ads the heads crosswise of the slots (Z d. of the c1ips,when they are to be twisted, are

not of course visible, being hidden underthe I, textile covering a; but this does not interfere with their being grasped and turned The operator pinches the materialof the covering f and the head together with his thumb and fin.- ger, or with a. small pair of pinchers, and.

twists the head, and the cloth will afterward return to its normal condition when released The covering a is not, of course, an essential feature so far as the fastening is concerned, and is only employedwhen it is desired to hide the fastenings and give the frame a neat appearance inside the curtain. I

In Fig. 4 I have shown the back or inside of a part of a window embodying a modification of my invention, and in Fig. 5 I have shown a cross-section of same on line 5 5 in Fig. 4. This frame differs from that just described only in that the inside frame is made narrower, so that the heads of the clips 0, when twisted, take over its edge insteadof engaging slots in it; and as the T:head .is not so necessary in this construction, I omit one of the branches, as shown in the fragmentary view, Fig. 6. Indeed, I may employ this form of head in lieu of the T-head in the construction sh own in Figs. 1 and 2; but I prefer the T -head as providing abetterbearing. This form of fastening is not in the least affected by the stretching produced when the curtain shrinks, and the frame can, if necessary, be readily removed by simply twisting the heads of the clips back to their original position, so that they will pass through the slots-'that is to say, to a position parallel with the outer margin of the frame A. For economy I make the clips in one piece with the frame, instead of attaching them thereto. All clips for this purpose heretofore, so far as I am aware, have had the clinching part which takes over the frame formed at the time the frame is set by bending the thin metal of the clip over flatwise. These, of course, easily straighten out or partially straighten. The distinctive feature of my clip is that the head or overhanging branch is primarily formed on the clip when it is cutout, and projects from the edge of the shank. Thus the strain tending to straighten it is edgewise of the metal, and practically it cannot be straightened out. Before this can be done it will break off. This is the peculiar characteristic of my clip as distinguished from the clinchingclip ordinarily used. It is true that I usually bend over the heads of the clips fiatwise under the cover a; but this is only a convenience, and must be distinguished from the means employed for securing the frames together.

I usually make the frames A and B of tin or thin sheet-iron, and japan them; but I do not limit myself to this material or finish. I also make the frames oval and round, as well as of the rectangular form shown.

The covering a may be' secured to the frame B in any manner desired-as, for example, by

sewing the edges together at the back or side next the curtain; or it might be secured by paste or cement.

Having thus described claim- A frame for the windows of carriage-cur tains, comprising an inner frame, B, and an outer frame, A, to embrace the interposed curtain, and one of said frames provided with clips 0, having heads primarily formedthereon, whose laterally-projecting branches extend edgewise from the shanks, as described, and

my invention, I

whose shanks are adapted to be twisted until i the head overhangs and engages some part of the other frame, substantially as set forth.

Inwitness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED A. NEIDER.

Witnesses:

. JOHN M. HARBESON,

" GEORGE GRossMANN. 

